Poem by Robert Herrick

Upon Roses

Under a lawn, than skies more clear,
Some ruffled Roses nestling were,
And snugging there, they seem'd to lie
As in a flowery nunnery;
They blush'd, and look'd more fresh than flowers
Quickened of late by pearly showers;
And all, because they were possest
But of the heat of Julia's breast,
Which, as a warm and moisten'd spring,
Gave them their ever-flourishing.

1. To Sapho
2. His Teares to Thamasis
3. On Himself (Lost to the world; lost to myself)
4. Upon Julia's Ribbon
5. The Rock of Rubies, and the Quarry of Pearls

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